Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1884, in a building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie,[1] with a sculpture court added in 1905.[2] In 1900 it received the art collection of Alexander Macdonald, a local granite merchant.[3]

Aberdeen Art Gallery
Memorial Court and Cowdray Hall (exterior)
Books of remembrance in the Memorial Court

The gallery is noted for its fine collection of modern Scottish and international art, including works by Ken Currie, Gilbert & George, Ivor Abrahams, Bridget Riley and Bruce McLean.

The permanent collection includes 18th-century works by Henry Raeburn, William Hogarth, Allan Ramsay and Joshua Reynolds, and 20th-century works by Paul Nash and Francis Bacon,[1] the Post-Impressionists and the Scottish Colourists, as well as applied arts and crafts.

The central hall is supported by granite columns in a variety of colours, derived from different quarries in the local area and far beyond.

At the western end of the building, with a room inside and a monument outside, is a major war memorial. The Memorial Court court has a display of several books of remembrance and rolls of honour, commemorating the fallen of World War I, World War II, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets in World War II, and from conflicts after 1945.

The Gallery was closed for a programme of renovations commencing in 2015.[2][4] The gallery re-opened in November 2019, with comedian John Bishop, being one of the first people to visit. [5]

In October 2020, Aberdeen Art Gallery was named one of the five winners of the 2020 ArtFund Museum of the Year Award.[6] ArtFund increased the prize money to £200,000 and changed the format of the award to five winners in response to the challenges faced by the museum sector during the Coronavirus Pandemic.[7]

See also
  • Aberdeen Art

References
  1. Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince (20 March 2006). Frommer's Scotland. p. 282. ISBN 9780471783855.
  2. "DSA Building/Design Report: Aberdeen Art Gallery". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. Hourihane, Colum (6 December 2012). The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 2. p. 6. ISBN 9780195395365.
  4. "Aberdeen Art Gallery £30m redevelopment delayed". BBC News. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/video-more-than-5000-expected-as-aberdeen-art-gallery-reopens-its-doors-this-weekend/
  6. "Meet our winners". Art Fund. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. "Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020". Art Fund. Retrieved 13 October 2020.



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